Most regions of Kazakhstan will wake up to frigid temperatures this morning, according to Kazhydromet.

The bad news is that meteorologists believe that plunging temperatures will take hold of the country for next three days. Snowstorms and gusty wind are expected in northern, central and eastern Kazakhstan. Temperatures will drop to -13,-23°C at night and -5,-10°C at daytime. Snow, fog and sleet are expected in southern and south-eastern Kazakhstan. Mercury will plunge to 0,-8°C at night. Forecasters say that western Kazakhstan will also experience a deep freeze with temperatures dropping below -8,-18°C at night.

Police have found the bodies of Miss Honduras and her sister who went missing last week, a month before the Miss World contest in London.The bodies of Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, and Sofia Trinidad were found buried beside a river in the mountainous region of Santa Barbara, not far from where the two women were last seen and about 110 miles from the capital, Tegucigalpa.

Japanese police have arrested a seven-time widow who they believe killed her fourth husband by poisoning him with cyanide, according to press reports. Chisako Kakehi, 67, has inherited 800-million yen (5.5m euros), say news agency Jiji Press. News reports have dubbed Kakehi the ‘black widow’, so called because her alleged behaviour is like the female spider species that eats her male companion after mating. Kakehi, arrested on Wednesday (November 19), vehemently denies the accusation. Isao Kakehi, her fourth husband, fell ill suddenly in December 2013. He died in hospital, two months after their marriage. An autopsy revealed traces of cyanide in his blood. Three months earlier a 75-year-old boyfriend died after falling ill suddenly while the couple were dining at a restaurant. Her first husband died in 1994, age 54. In 2006, her second, who she met through a dating agency, died of a stroke at age 69. Her third husband, also met a sad end, dying in 2008 age 75, reported Jiji.